...passes vote of no confidence on Fashola, Ngige, Adamu
The National Association of Nigerian Students (NANS) says it would shut down all international airports over the protracted closure of universities.
The Chairman, NANS National Task Force on ‘End ASUU Strike Now’, Ojo Olumide, disclosed the group’s plans in Akure, the Ondo State capital, on Saturday.
“We are here to inform all Nigerian students and the general public that we shall begin another round of protest next week by storming the airspace on Monday, 19 September 2022 to #OccupyTheAirports,” Olumide said.
“We want to let the world know about the pains and anguish students are going through. Nigerian students whose parents create the commonwealth cannot continue to be suffering at home alongside our lecturers, while the few who gain from our sweats and blood have their kids abroad jollying and flexing.”
While condemning the federal government’s apathy and insensitivity to the plights of Nigerian students, Olumide noted that the strike had continued to linger due to the absence of children of the political class in public universities.
“Nigerian students are not surprised that the Buhari-led government does not care about public education,” he remarked.
“After all, all the politicians have their kids schooling abroad, while children of the masses that constitute 99 per cent of the population are only fit to be thugs, hard workers, and sex slaves. We dare say that this cruelty will not continue anymore.”
NANS further passed a vote of no confidence on Babatunde Fashola (SAN), Dr. Chris Ngige, and Mallam Adamu Adamu, the ministers of works, labour and education respectively, and urged Presidential Muhammadu Buhari to rescind his policy of ‘no work, no pay’ and settle ‘all outstanding arrears and salaries of the lecturers’.
“We pass a vote of no confidence on both Ministers of Labour and Education. We call on the Buhari-government to pay all outstanding arrears and salaries of the lecturers,” Olumide said.
“The policy of ‘no work, no pay’ is a fascist one; it is, therefore condemnable and unacceptable to all the millions of students in Nigeria.”
The student body also appealed to the national leadership of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU) to synergise with them by ensuring that a state of emergency is declared in the educational sector.
“We will, by this statement, not beg again. We shall be mobilizing all students to shut down the country. No Education, no movement!” Olumide added.
NANS has already embarked on four massive protests on major highways across the country to register their grievances over the lingering face-off between ASUU and the federal government, which has led to the closure of universities for over six months.
